Ex-international footy coach turns camping shuttle runner

DANNY Holmes has coached elite rugby league in some of the most hostile territory on earth and now he's eager to show off some of the globe's most idyllic scenery.

The Mount Coolum man has been unable to find work as a high performance rugby league coach and was looking for a venture that would enable him to enjoy his passion for camping.

The 63-year-old is an experienced camper who reckoned he could "light a fire out of anything".

"We spent a lot of time there on the beach and going through the bush," he said.

So the idea was borne to roll out ride sharing with a difference.

Go Camping with Danny:
Danny Holmes will help you experience camping adventures on the Sunshine Coast

Mr Holmes is putting his trusty 1996 Holden Rodeo Ute to good use, offering to take backpackers, travellers and others to Inskip Point, Double Island Point, Fraser Island and other places that they otherwise couldn't access.

He said the plan was to scoop them up and take them to their preferred site, where they can use his four-man tent and set up camp.

He'll go back and pick them up at the end of their trip, and the costs are split, like a typical camping trip among friends.

Mr Holmes said the camping would be done at the traveller's own risk, but he would be able to advise them on regulations, where they can and can't camp and help them learn how to set up tents and campsites.

He can take up to four people at a time, but can do trips with two or three people and he hoped to undertake trips through the week as well as weekends.

"I'd just do them on-demand," Mr Holmes said.

He said he'd already received multiple inquiries since publicising his venture on social media, but there'd been some negative feedback from tour operators.